From: Juliana/Ingalsbee [tivon@mac.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 11:05 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Please label all GMO's!
FDA Commissioner Jane Henney
Dockets Management Branch (HFA 305)
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fisher's Lane, Room 1061
Rockville, MD 20852
We are in a potentially catastrophic situation. The introduction of
untested, genetically modified organisms into the food supply is a risk
that frankly, millions of Americans are not willing to take. I run a day
care, and many parents are becoming concerned about the effects of GMO foods
on young children's growing bodies. I do my best to avoid GMO's but without
comprehensive labelling, it is probably impossible.
These "foods" must be labelled. They must be tested. We need
comprehensive data that will tell us:
1) What particular modifications are in which crops.
2) A means of identifying trouble, warning people of dangers, and
returning to the source of the genetically dangerous "foods."
We have a right to know, and to buy or to not buy food based upon that
knowledge.
Sincerely,
Catia Juliana